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Q: batching huge data in tensorflow I am trying to perform binary classification using the code/tutorial from
https://github.com/eisenjulian/nlp_estimator_tutorial/blob/master/nlp_estimators.py
print("Loading data...")
(x_train_variable, y_train), (x_test_variable, y_test) = imdb.load_data(num_words=vocab_size)
print(len(y_train), "train sequences")
print(len(y_test), "test sequences")

print("Pad sequences (samples x time)")
x_train = sequence.pad_sequences(x_train_variable,
                             maxlen=sentence_size,
                             padding='post',
                             value=0)
x_test = sequence.pad_sequences(x_test_variable,
                            maxlen=sentence_size,
                            padding='post',
                            value=0)
print("x_train shape:", x_train.shape)
print("x_test shape:", x_test.shape)

def train_input_fn():
    dataset = tf.data.Dataset.from_tensor_slices((x_train, x_len_train, y_train))
    dataset = dataset.shuffle(buffer_size=len(x_train_variable))
    dataset = dataset.batch(100)
    dataset = dataset.map(parser)
    dataset = dataset.repeat()
    iterator = dataset.make_one_shot_iterator()
    return iterator.get_next()

def eval_input_fn():
    dataset = tf.data.Dataset.from_tensor_slices((x_test, x_len_test, y_test))
    dataset = dataset.batch(100)
    dataset = dataset.map(parser)
    iterator = dataset.make_one_shot_iterator()
    return iterator.get_next()

def cnn_model_fn(features, labels, mode, params):
    input_layer = tf.contrib.layers.embed_sequence(
    features['x'], vocab_size, embedding_size,
    initializer=params['embedding_initializer'])

    training = mode == tf.estimator.ModeKeys.TRAIN
    dropout_emb = tf.layers.dropout(inputs=input_layer,
                                rate=0.2,
                                training=training)

    conv = tf.layers.conv1d(
        inputs=dropout_emb,
        filters=32,
        kernel_size=3,
        padding="same",
        activation=tf.nn.relu)

   # Global Max Pooling
   pool = tf.reduce_max(input_tensor=conv, axis=1)

   hidden = tf.layers.dense(inputs=pool, units=250, activation=tf.nn.relu)

   dropout_hidden = tf.layers.dropout(inputs=hidden,
                                   rate=0.2,
                                   training=training)

   logits = tf.layers.dense(inputs=dropout_hidden, units=1)

   # This will be None when predicting
    if labels is not None:
    labels = tf.reshape(labels, [-1, 1])

    optimizer = tf.train.AdamOptimizer()

    def _train_op_fn(loss):
        return optimizer.minimize(
        loss=loss,
        global_step=tf.train.get_global_step())

    return head.create_estimator_spec(
        features=features,
        labels=labels,
        mode=mode,
        logits=logits,
        train_op_fn=_train_op_fn)

cnn_classifier = tf.estimator.Estimator(model_fn=cnn_model_fn,
                                    model_dir=os.path.join(model_dir, 'cnn'),
                                    params=params)
train_and_evaluate(cnn_classifier)

The example here loads data from IMDB movie reviews. I have my own dataset in the form of text which is approx 2GB huge. Now in this example the line
(x_train_variable, y_train), (x_test_variable, y_test) = imdb.load_data(num_words=vocab_size) tries to load whole dataset in memory. If I try to do the same I run out of memory. How can I restructure this logic to read data in batches from my disk?

A: You want to change the dataset = tf.data.Dataset.from_tensor_slices((x_train, x_len_train, y_train)) line. There are lots of ways of creating a dataset - from_tensor_slices is the easiest, but won't work on its own if you can't load the entire dataset to memory.
The best way depends on how you have the data stored, or how you want to store it/manipulate it. The simplest in my opinion with very little down-side (unless running on multiple GPUs) is to have the original dataset just give indices to data, and write a normal numpy function for loading the ith example.
dataset = tf.data.Dataset.from_tensor_slices(tf.range(epoch_size))

def tf_map_fn(i):
    def np_map_fn(i):
        return load_ith_example(i)

    inp1, inp2 = tf.py_func(np_map_fn, (i,), Tout=(tf.float32, tf.float32), stateful=False)
    # other preprocessing/data augmentation goes here.

    # unbatched sizes
    inp1.set_shape(shape1)
    inp2.set_shape(shape2)
    return inp1, inp2

dataset = dataset.repeat().shuffle(epoch_size).map(tf_map_fn, 8)

dataset = dataset.batch(batch_size)
dataset = dataset.prefetch(1)  # start loading data as GPU trains on previous batch

inp1, inp2 = dataset.make_one_shot_iterator().get_next()

Here I assume your outputs are float32 tensors (Tout=...). set_shape calls aren't strictly necessary, but if you know the shape it'll do better error checks.
So long as your preprocessing doesn't take longer than your network to run, this should run just as fast as any other method on a single GPU machine.
The other obvious way is to convert your data to tfrecords, but that'll take up more space on disk and is more of a pain to manage if you ask me.

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Team Viewbook
Tigers Roll Over Gators In Home Finale
Allegheny (4-11, 1-6) 7 6 13
Wittenberg (7-8, 3-4) 9 10 19
A: Madeline Stock - 3
Sv: Joanna Stecz - 11
GB: 2 Players (#16, #24) - 4
A: 3 Players (#5, #8, #15) - 2
Sv: Steph Shakespeare - 12
GB: Gretchen Barbera - 5
Springfield, Ohio – The Wittenberg women's lacrosse team took down the Gators of Allegheny College 19-13 in their final home game of the season on Saturday afternoon. The Tigers finished with five players finding their way into the scoring column on the day, as Rachel Bernard and Emily Wadds led the scoring for the Red and White with five goals each. Wittenberg jumped out to an early 9-7 lead at the break, holding on to their advantage throughout the second half by outscoring the Gators 10-6.
Game Breakdown
Wittenberg found the back of the Allegheny net three times before the first 10 minutes elapsed. Katurah Emery put the Tigers on the board to start the day less than a minute into the game, capitalizing on the Madeline Stock assist. Wittenberg found the back of the net twice more less than a minute later when Wadds recorded her first goal of the game and Emery capitalized on the free position attempt. Josee Clayton started off her first half hat-trick with a goal in the 25th minute of action. Rachel Bernard slotted her first goal of the afternoon, coming off the assist from Gretchen Burkey, extending the Tiger lead out to 5-2. Clayton completed her hat trick with 20 minutes remaining in the half, scoring back-to-back goals, as the second goal went in on the Sami Skelly assist. Bernard added her second goal of the day by capitalizing on the free position attempt and helping the Tigers regain the lead at 8-7. Gabby Zysik found the back of the net for the first time by following through on the Stock assist, helping close out the first half with a 9-7 lead.
Wittenberg would once again open up the scoring to start the second half, as Wadds tallied her second goal of the day, extending the Tiger advantage out to 10-7. It was a back and forth battle in the second half as the two sides traded goals, Wadds and Bernard helped extend the Tiger advantage over the Gators to 14-11 with back-to-back goals. Clayton, Wadds and Bernard would each find the goal once more in the final 10 minutes of action, as the Red and White would cruise to a 19-13 win over Allegheny.
Who Stood Out
Bernard led the Wittenberg defensive effort with five caused turnovers, adding four draw control wins with three ground ball pick-ups to her credit. Burkey forced three Allegheny turnovers with two ground balls on the day. Joanna Stecz stood strong in goal for the Red and White, making 11 saves against 24 shots faced.
Wittenberg will close out the season on Saturday, April 27, traveling to Hiram College for a 3:00 PM showdown against the Terriers.
Sat, 02/15 | Women's Lacrosse vs. Transylvania (11:00 AM)
Wed, 02/19 | Women's Lacrosse vs. Capital (7:00 PM)
Sun, 02/23 | Women's Lacrosse at Otterbein (1:00 PM)
Wed, 02/26 | Women's Lacrosse vs. John Carroll (7:00 PM)
Mon, 03/02 | Women's Lacrosse vs. Adrian (5:00 PM)

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from django.db import models
import swapper
from django.db.models.signals import post_save
from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
from django.dispatch import receiver
from django.utils.six import string_types
from .compat import clone_field

from vera.series.models import (
    Event,
    BaseEvent,
    BaseReport,
    VALID_REPORT_ORDER
)

swapper.set_app_prefix('results', 'WQ')

# Base classes for Result and EventResult
# Extend these when swapping out default implementation (below)

class ResultManager(models.Manager):
    def valid_results(self, **filter):
        Parameter = swapper.load_model('params', 'Parameter')

        filter['report__status__is_valid'] = True
        filter['empty'] = False

        # DISTINCT ON event, then parameter, collapsing results from different
        # reports into one
        distinct = ['report__event__id'] + nest_ordering(
            'type', Parameter._meta.ordering
        ) + ['type__id']

        # ORDER BY distinct fields, then valid report order
        order = distinct + nest_ordering('report', VALID_REPORT_ORDER)

        return self.filter(
            **filter
        ).order_by(*order).distinct(*distinct).select_related('report')

class BaseResult(models.Model):
    type = models.ForeignKey(swapper.get_model_name('params', 'Parameter'))
    report = models.ForeignKey(
        swapper.get_model_name('series', 'Report'),
        related_name='results'
    )
    value_numeric = models.FloatField(null=True, blank=True)
    value_text = models.TextField(null=True, blank=True)
    empty = models.BooleanField(default=False, db_index=True)

    objects = ResultManager()

    def is_empty(self, value):
        if value is None:
            return True
        if isinstance(value, string_types) and len(value.strip()) == 0:
            return True
        return False

    @property
    def value(self):
        if self.type.is_numeric:
            return self.value_numeric
        return self.value_text

    @value.setter
    def value(self, val):
        self.empty = self.is_empty(val)
        if self.type.is_numeric:
            if self.empty:
                self.value_numeric = None
            else:
                self.value_numeric = val
        else:
            self.value_text = val

    def __str__(self):
        return "%s -> %s: %s" % (self.report, self.type, self.value)

    class Meta:
        abstract = True
        ordering = ('type',)
        index_together = [
            ('type', 'report', 'empty'),
        ]

# Denormalize Events with Results from valid Reports
class EventResultManager(models.Manager):
    def set_for_event(self, event, delete=True):
        """
        Update EventResult cache for the given event.
        """
        if delete:
            self.filter(event=event).delete()
        for result in event.results:
            er = self.model(
                event=event,
                result=result
            )
            er.save()

    def set_for_events(self, delete=True, **event_filter):
        """
        Update EventResult cache for the given events.  The event query should
        be specified as query keyword arguments, rather than a queryset, so
        that a JOIN can be used instead of retrieving the results for each
        event separately.
        """

        # Delete existing EventResults (using denormalized Event fields)
        if delete:
            er_filter = {
                'event_' + key: val for key, val in event_filter.items()
            }
            self.filter(**er_filter).delete()

        # Filter results (using JOIN through Report to Event)
        Result = swapper.load_model('results', 'Result')
        result_filter = {
            'report__event__' + key: val for key, val in event_filter.items()
        }
        ers = []
        results = Result.objects.valid_results(
            **result_filter
        ).select_related('report__event')
        for result in results:
            er = self.model(
                event=result.report.event,
                result=result
            )
            er.denormalize()
            ers.append(er)
        self.bulk_create(ers)

    def set_all(self):
        """
        Reset the entire EventResult cache.
        """
        self.set_for_events()

class BaseEventResult(models.Model):
    """
    Denormalized event-result pairs (for valid reports)
    """
    id = models.PositiveIntegerField(primary_key=True)
    event = models.ForeignKey(swapper.get_model_name('series', 'Event'))
    result = models.ForeignKey(swapper.get_model_name('results', 'Result'))
    objects = EventResultManager()

    @property
    def result_value(self):
        if self.result_type.is_numeric:
            return self.result_value_numeric
        return self.result_value_text

    def __str__(self):
        return "%s -> %s: %s" % (
            self.event,
            self.result_type,
            self.result_value
        )

    def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
        if self.event_id is None or self.result_id is None:
            return
        self.denormalize()
        super(BaseEventResult, self).save(*args, **kwargs)

    def denormalize(self):
        """
        Denormalize all properties from the event and the result.
        """
        self.pk = self.result.pk

        def set_value(src, field):
            if field.primary_key:
                return
            name = field.name
            if field.rel:
                name += "_id"
            obj = getattr(self, src)
            setattr(self, src + '_' + name, getattr(obj, name))

        for field in self.event._meta.fields:
            set_value('event', field)
        for field in self.result._meta.fields:
            set_value('result', field)

    class Meta:
        abstract = True

def create_eventresult_model(event_cls, result_cls,
                             base=BaseEventResult, swappable=False):
    """
    **Here be magic**

    EventResult needs to have all of the fields from Event and Result.
    In order to DRY (and since either of these classes may be swapped), we
    add the fields dynamically here.  If neither Event or Result are swapped,
    this function will be called below, otherwise the user should call
    this function in their models.py.
    """

    app = 'results'
    module = base.__module__
    for cls in event_cls, result_cls, base:
        if cls._meta.app_label not in ('series', 'results'):
            app = cls._meta.app_label
            module = cls.__module__

    class Meta(base.Meta):
        db_table = 'wq_eventresult'
        unique_together = ('event', 'result_type')
        app_label = app

    if swappable:
        Meta.swappable = swappable

    attrs = {
        'Meta': Meta,
        '__module__': module
    }

    def add_field(prefix, field):
        if field.primary_key:
            return
        attrs[prefix + '_' + field.name] = clone_field(field)

    for field in event_cls._meta.fields:
        add_field('event', field)

    for field in result_cls._meta.fields:
        add_field('result', field)

    EventResult = type(
        'EventResult',
        (base,),
        attrs
    )

    # Disconnect any existing receiver
    post_save.disconnect(dispatch_uid="eventresult_receiver")

    @receiver(post_save, weak=False, dispatch_uid="eventresult_receiver")
    def handler(sender, instance=None, **kwargs):
        event = find_event(instance)
        if event:
            EventResult.objects.set_for_event(event)

    return EventResult

# Default implementation of the above classes, can be swapped
class Result(BaseResult):
    class Meta(BaseResult.Meta):
        db_table = 'wq_result'
        swappable = swapper.swappable_setting('results', 'Result')

EventResult = create_eventresult_model(
    Event, Result,
    swappable=swapper.swappable_setting('results', 'EventResult')
)

if ((swapper.is_swapped('series', 'Event')
        or swapper.is_swapped('results', 'Result'))
        and not swapper.is_swapped('results', 'EventResult')):
    raise ImproperlyConfigured(
        "Event or Result was swapped but EventResult was not!"
    )

def nest_ordering(prefix, ordering, ignore_reverse=False):
    nest_order = []
    for field in ordering:
        reverse = ''
        if field.startswith('-'):
            field = field[1:]
            if not ignore_reverse:
                reverse = '-'
        nest_order.append(reverse + prefix + '__' + field)
    return nest_order

def find_event(instance):
    if isinstance(instance, BaseEvent):
        return instance
    if isinstance(instance, BaseReport):
        return instance.event
    if isinstance(instance, BaseResult):
        return instance.report.event
    return None

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LABEL Description="A minimal vanilla NginX image"
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VOLUME ["/etc/nginx/conf.d", "/var/www", "/etc/nginx/certs"]
EXPOSE 80 443
CMD nginx


Bursting with more varied landscapes and cultural diversity than any similar-sized place on the planet, Central America is a diminutive region that packs a power punch. Caribbean waters and glittering sands line the eastern coast while the lush jungle canopies and cloud forest of the central areas lead to an utterly divine Pacific shoreline.
From the sugar-sand beaches and crystalline sea of Belize to the volcano-ringed Lake Atitlán of Guatemala, Central America has everything the intrepid traveller desires. Home to a generous and welcoming people, Central America is an unfinished discovery and an unbeatable destination that is settling into the kind of social and economic reforms that can only increase its global appeal.
Composed of Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama, this region of small, tropical countries has more in common with South America than its Northern cousin. Including sections of southern Mexico due to language and a pervasive Mayan/Spanish cultural heritage, Central America is an adventure playground packed with an array of colourful options.
As travellers head in from the Caribbean coastal villages and thriving reef beds, the opportunities branch out spectacularly from coffee-producing mountain town swathed in clouds, dense jungle hiding Mayan temples from easy sights and 16th-century colonial towns set in the shadow of furiously active volcanoes.
Naturalists will enjoy the innumerable national parks, Parque Nacional, of Central America which protects every kind of plant and animal species: crocodiles, green turtles, whale sharks, scarlet macaws, toucans, frigate birds, jaguars and howler monkeys. Costa Rica is home to an outstanding collection of national parks, most notably Corcovado, deemed Costa' Rica's last great wilderness.
Costa Rica and Guatemala are home to a string of active volcanoes, almost all of which continuously belch smoke and flame. Guatemala's Lake Atitlán is ringed by three such monsters, while the Arenal and Rincon de la Vieja volcanoes of Costa Rica offer diverse adventures: Rincon offers treks and horseback-rides around its volcanic mud pots, waterfalls and thermal pools, while angry Arenal is best seen against the night sky for its brilliant fireworks show.
Other must-see destinations are the colonial towns of Antigua and Quetzaltenango in Guatemala and Casco Viejo within Panama City which provides access to the marvellous canal. The Mayan ruins in Belize and Guatemala are beyond compare while the surf spots of Costa Rica draw surfing enthusiasts the world around.


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Chris Daughtry and, bio, girlfriend, married, net worth
Thursday 7th September 2017 singer
Chris Daughtry is an American singer, songwriter, a musician and an actor as well, who is best known as the vocalist and guitarist of the American rock music band Daughtry. Similarly, he also gained sufficient fame and publicity for becoming the third runner up at the reality TV show American Idol- season five. As soon as he was out of the show, he was fetched and signed by a record company named RCA Records, which was the formation of "Daughtry" the band.
The band enjoyed much success, right from the start as their first album sold millions of copies with the first 5 week s of release, which was a record in itself for that production company. His single track "Home" was one of the biggest hits and was played several times in radios too. Having hit the Billboard charts, the band and the band members; especially Chris has all been doing great. Recently, their song "It's Not Over", was voted as the Best Rock Song in 50th Grammy Awards. His net worth value of 8 million dollars, along with his huge fan following is a proof of his success and fame.
Chris was born as Christopher Adam Daughtry on the 26th of December, 1979 in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America. He was born in a middle class family of mixed ethnicity, as the eldest child of parents Sandra and James "Pete" Daughtry, and was raised around Lasker till he was 14. After that, the family moved to Palmyra, Virginia and later moved to McLeansville, North Carolina, where his brother Kenneth Daughtry still resides. With a deep interest in music from an early age, he only was able to take guitar lessons at the age of 16. Within a short time, his hard work made him a popular figure around his hometown and he soon started to make money by performing on the local bars. Having sung so many songs and releases so many albums, he is also famous for his acting roles, his interviews and quotes.
His guitar guru Matt Jagger, saw the talent in this young lad and introduced him to other musical maestros of that time. Soon, Daughtry was giving concerts and live shows in high school and was also casted in some productions. Chris is an attractive individual with a good shaped body and a height of 5 feet and 8 inches. He has got a baldhead and often shaves his facial hair as well, and is known for his style and fashion. Often very serious in his looks, he is a jolly person with a good heart and is known for his humor. With not many shirtless pictures of him available, there might be few in his Instagram account.
With a fame to maintain in such a young age, he has been careful regarding his affairs and has so far not had many girlfriends. Rumors of him being a gay have been ruled out as he has already had four biological kids with his wife Deanna Daughtry. The two of them were married in the June of 2000, and have got two daughters and two sons together, which shows their trust and commitment together. Before Deanna, Chris was dating a Janet Daughtery between 1994 and 1998. To find out more about him, you can read his biography in Wikipedia.


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Don't hesitate to shoot armed criminals: Jharkhand DGP MV Rao to police personnel
Rao said that a lot of police personnel hesitate to shoot, fearing litigations, but he has told the force not to worry about using weapons when needed.
Jharkhand DGP MV Rao (Photo| Special Arrangement)
DUMKA: Jharkhand police chief MV Rao said that a list of dreaded criminals in the state is being prepared and if they resist arrest with arms, they will be killed.
Speaking to reporters after holding a crime review meeting here on Thursday, Rao said that a lot of police personnel hesitate to shoot, fearing litigations, but he has told the force not to worry about using weapons when needed.
"For the protection of civilians, if the police shoot an armed criminal, in which the criminal is injured or he dies, then it is absolutely a lawful action. There is no need to panic. Do not back down from this," he told the state's police personnel.
"If someone is walking around with an illegal weapon, he is not roaming around to play or worship it, but to take someone's life. In such a situation, if he is seen shooting, we have given clear instructions that the police should not hesitate in killing him. The law also allows this," Rao said.
All criminals, who have been to jail for crimes involving illegal firearms, will be investigated, the officer said. "If he is in jail then it's fine. If he has got out of jail, then where is he, what is he doing, is he still committing a crime, etc, will be probed. Their houses will be searched. Their entire 'horoscope' will be made. Information will be collected from their parents, siblings, family, in- laws and friends. If such a criminal tries to endanger the life and property of others, then the police will act harshly," he said.
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Q: Excel function: reference to array in cell I have an array in cell A1 via
A1 = {=G6:J6} = {"aa"."b"."ccc".1}

Now I want to use the cell A1 for array formula in B1. Basically B1 should be
B1 = SUMPRODUKT((C6:C12)*(B6:B12=G6:J6))

But instead of the direct reference to G6:J6 I would like to use A1 instead. I just tried:
B1 = SUMPRODUKT((C6:C12)*(B6:B12=A1))
B1 =  {=SUMPRODUKT((C6:C12)*(B6:B12=A1))}

But this would not work. Is there a way to make it work?
Greetings,
Peter
For questions that appeared:
Cells G6:J6 are input data for example article numbers. I want to setup the input data only once in my sheet so I have to update less data. entries in G6:J6 are strings or numbers. Let's say G6 = "aa", H6 = "b", I6 = "ccc" and J6 = 1.
Cell B1 is one point where I need to use the data. It would rather be in another sheet but for simpler examples let's assume it is cell B1. In B1 I could of course refer to G6:J6 but this makes formular less easy to read. Therefore I would like to put a reference A1 next to B1 so one can see easily what data B1 uses.
C6:C12 is some numbers and B6:B12 is some strings/numbers that maybe match G6:J6. So sumproduct should sumup the matches.

A: Your cell A1 contains an array formula or array range but it only contains a single value from that array or range (each Excel cell can only contain a single result value).
So you need to replace the A1 in your SUMPRODUCT with an array or range expression.

A: Cell A1 value shall be G6:J6
G6:J6 populated as required with {"aa","bb","ccc",1} then in B1 put following formula and check if this is what you need.
=SUMPRODUCT(C6:C12*ISNUMBER(SEARCH(B6:B12,INDIRECT(A1))))


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Minnesota ascends to program's first No. 1 ranking in USA Today/NFCA Division I Coaches Poll
Category: NCAA I News
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Minnesota's record-breaking season added another milestone as it achieved the program's first No. 1 national ranking in this week's USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll. The Gophers (54-3), riding a NCAA DI-best 25-game winning streak, head into the postseason unseeded and will be the No. 2 seed in the Tuscaloosa Regional, hosted by 16th-seed Alabama.
Minnesota received 18-first place votes and a total of 767 points nudging out previous No. 1 Florida by nine points. The Gophers, who are tops in DI with 54 wins and a .947 winning percentage, ran undefeated through the Big Ten Tournament. Highlighted by a Sara Groenewegen no-hitter in the quarterfinals against Northwestern, Minnesota defeated the Wildcats (5-1), RV Illinois (6-5) and RV Ohio State (6-0) to claim its second consecutive tourney title.
The second-ranked Gators (50-6), who received 12 first-place votes and 758 points, are the NCAA's No. 1 overall seed and will host Florida A&M, Florida International and Oklahoma State this weekend in Gainesville. Florida, who earned the No. 1 seed for the third straight year, fell in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament to eventual champion then-No. 19 Ole Miss.
Oregon, Florida State, Arizona and Oklahoma remained in the No. 3-6 rankings. The Ducks (44-6) earned the final two first-place votes and 739 points. Oregon closed out its regular season with a three-game sweep at Stanford (9-2, 8-0, 9-0) and is the No. 3 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament.
The Seminoles (51-6-1) finished off with a ACC Tournament title, knocking off Virginia (16-0), Notre Dame (6-0) and host North Carolina (4-3) for their fourth straight championship. FSU earned the No. 4 national seed and will host No. 25 Georgia, Jacksonville State and Princeton.
The Pac-12 champion Wildcats (48-7) were idle last week and enter the NCAA tournament as the No. 2 overall seed. Arizona welcomes No. 24 South Carolina, RV Saint Francis and New Mexico State.
The Sooners (50-8), who earned the NCAA's No. 10 overall seed, swept through the Big 12 Tournament not allowing a run, including a 2-0 blanking of Oklahoma State in the title tilt. Oklahoma, which also won the regular season, swept the both championships for the second time, the first coming in 1996.
No. 7 Washington and No. 8 Auburn switched spots this week. The Huskies (43-11) closed out the regular season with a three-game Pac-12 sweep of then-No. 13 Utah on the road, which including a thrilling comeback from a 12-1 deficit to edge the Utes in eight innings, 13-12. The Huskies are the No. 6 overall seed.
The NCAA's No. 7 overall seed Auburn went 1-1 at the SEC tournament, defeating then-No. 18 Kentucky (2-0) before falling to then-No. 21 LSU in the semifinals.
Rounding out the top 10 is UCLA and Tennessee, who also switch positions in the poll. The Bruins (42-13) earned a road sweep at No. 22 Arizona State (4-3, 13-3, 12-3) and will be the No. 5 overall seed. The Vols (44-10), who hosted the SEC tournament, bowed out in the quarterfinals, falling to tournament runner-up LSU, 6-2 and will be the No. 8 overall seed and host a NCAA Regional.
The 2017 USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll is voted on by 32 NCAA Division I head coaches, one representing each conference. Records reflect games played through May 14.
2017 USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll
Week 14 – May 16, 2017
Rank Team Totals 2017 Record Last Poll
1 Minnesota (18) 767 54-3 2
2 Florida (12) 758 50-6 1
3 Oregon (2) 739 47-6 3
4 Florida State 700 51-6-1 4
5 Arizona 689 48-7 5
6 Oklahoma 638 50-8 6
7 Washington 593 43-11 8
8 Auburn 566 46-10 7
9 UCLA 560 42-13 10
10 Tennessee 504 44-10 9
11 James Madison 453 50-6 12
12 Texas A&M 424 42-10 11
13 Ole Miss 407 40-18 19
14 Louisiana 382 45-6 14
15 Alabama 344 42-16 15
16 Utah 329 33-14 13
17 Baylor 295 43-12 16
18 LSU 270 41-18 21
19 Kentucky 238 36-17 18
20 Michigan 206 41-11-1 17
21 BYU 183 43-11 20
22 Arizona State 97 30-20 22
23 Tulsa 69 39-15 RV
24 South Carolina 44 32-23 24
25 Georgia 29 33-21 25
Dropped Out: No. 23 Marshall
New to Poll: No. 23 Tulsa
Receiving Votes: Florida International (21), Mississippi State (21), Marshall (20), Arkansas (12), Ohio State (11), USC Upstate (10), Saint Francis (Pa.) (10), Illinois (6), California (4), Missouri (1).
The USA Today/NFCA Division I Coaches Poll is voted on by 32 NCAA Division I head coaches, one representing each conference. Records reflect games played through May 14.


Tourists and residents not going to the beach this Ferragosto need not despair: they will have many options to keep themselves entertained, as museums, historic castles and archeological sites will remain open on August 15.
And because the holiday falls on a Friday, the museums will even be open late, until 9 pm, as determined by the changes implemented by Italy's ministry of culture in July to bring state-run museums in line with the rest of Europe.
If you're in Rome, there are two exhibitions to check out, both marking important anniversaries: one celebrates Michelangelo on the 450th anniversary of his death, "Michelangelo. Incontrare un artista universale" (Michelangelo. Meet a Universal Artist), at the Musei Capitolini; the other is dedicated to Roman emperor Augustus on the 2,000th anniversary of his death, "L'arte del Comando. L'eredità di Augusto" (The art of command. The legacy of Augustus) at the Ara Pacis.
In Florence, all major museums, including the Uffizi, the Accademia, Palazzo Pitti and Boboli Gardens, Cappelle Medicee and the Bargello museum, will be open until 9 pm.
Besides museums, why not visit some castles, such as Castel del Monte in Puglia, a favorite summer destination; the 13th-century citadel built by Emperor Frederick II is a UNESCO World Heritage Site representing a "unique piece of medieval military architecture". Currently, it is hosting an exhibition by renowned contemporary sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro. In the north, head to Trieste to explore Castello Miramare, a majestic 19th-century fortress built for Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian in the mid-1800s overlooking the waters of the Gulf of Trieste.
And for a bit of archeology, head to Ostia Antica, outside Rome, where the exhibition "Francesco Messina: In Praise of Beauty" features beautiful sculptures amid the ruins.


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Tales of the Fantastic
"Tales of the Fantastic" contains some of the short novels of the famous French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and literary critic Théophile Gautier. Through this book the readers will take delight in the texts of a brilliant stylist and a sorcerer of the words.
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Theophile Gautier (1811-1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and literary critic.
Prominent supporter of Romanticism, he was considered one of the predecessors of many subsequent literary traditions such as Parnassianism, Symbolism, Decadence and Modernism. In fact, Theophile Gautier was the founder of the literary movement of the Parnassians, based on his doctrine of "Art for Art's Sake".
Charles Baudelaire dedicated to Gautier his "The Flowers of Evil" with the motto "The perfect poet", "Unimpeachable magician".
First Love and Other Novellas
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev
Novel with Cocaine
Marc Levi
Dictionary of the Khazars (Female Edition)
Milorad Pavić
Isaac Babel
Last Love in Constantinople
Silas Marner, The Lifted Veil
A Tree of Night
The Garden of the Gods
Gerald Durrel
Pierre de Ronsard
Portraits and Observations
The Winter of Our Discontent
To the Lighthouse
Cakes and Ale
The Earth is Flat
America and Americans


PATTERSON, Calif. — At the moment, it is little more than dirt and gravel. But a sunbaked field at the edge of this farming town will play a significant role in one of the most ambitious retailing ventures of the era: the relentless quest by the online mall Amazon.com to become all things to all shoppers.
A million-square-foot warehouse stocking razor blades and books, diapers and dog food will soon rise on this spot, less than a mile from the highway that will deliver these and just about every other product imaginable to customers 85 miles away in San Francisco. It is hundreds of miles closer to those consumers than Amazon's existing centers in Nevada and Arizona.
A similar distribution center is being built on the outskirts of Los Angeles. Others are under way in Indiana, New Jersey, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.
This multibillion-dollar building frenzy comes as Amazon is about to lose perhaps its biggest competitive edge — that the vast majority of its customers do not pay sales tax. After negotiations with lawmakers, the company is beginning to collect taxes in California, Texas, Pennsylvania and other states. But Amazon hopes that the warehouses will allow it to provide better service, giving it the ability to up-end the retailing industry in an entirely new way.
Amazon will soon be able to cut as much as a day off its two-day shipping times, said Jeff Bezos, its chief executive, in an interview. This will put the much-rumored same-day delivery — the elusive aspiration of every online merchant — potentially within reach in some metropolitan areas.
It is a monumental bet, even for a company that consistently defied skeptics on Wall Street and Main Street as it rose to become one of the country's largest retailers. Amazon's delivery of everyday objects needs to be fast enough and cheap enough to wean customers from their local stores. Yet it also must be economically feasible for the retailer, which is investing so heavily in the warehouses that it is barely profitable.
Amazon will begin collecting sales tax in California on Saturday. Local merchants have been waiting for this day for more than a decade. Now that it has arrived, though, they are tempering their joy at the company's apparent surrender.
Despite the attention that Amazon's technology receives — its latest e-readers were introduced last week to the usual fanfare — the majority of its sales are old-fashioned three-dimensional objects. The company's retail sales in the United States are on track this year to be roughly comparable to those of enterprises like McDonald's, Sears and Safeway. And while its sales are only about 12 percent that of Walmart, the reigning retail kingpin, they are increasing much faster.
California retailers, particularly a handful of remaining independent booksellers, would love to see a dent in Amazon's business. "Oliver Wendell Holmes said taxes are the price of civilization, but Amazon did not want to pay," said Michael Barnard, president of the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association.
The biggest battle was fought last summer in California after Gov. Jerry Brownsigned a measure that widened the definition of physical operations to include marketing affiliates. The company initially tried to put the law on the ballot but ended up striking a deal with the state to put two warehouses in California, including the one here, in exchange for a year's exemption from tax collection.
Amazon started collecting taxes in Texas this summer, and in Pennsylvania on Sept. 1. New Jersey's turn will come next summer, and several other states over the next two years. The company seems to be surrendering on the tax issue mostly in those states where it sees strategic value in new warehouses. Company officials say they hoped to see a national sales tax law in place that will supersede state laws.
The Patterson warehouse, which might employ as many as a thousand people, is supposed to open by mid-2013. Local officials were eager to land the project; the county has 15 percent unemployment.
Some residents want more. "They want to be able to order something and then drive down the street to the warehouse and pick it up," said Rod Butler, the city manager. Here, just like everywhere else, shoppers dream of same-day delivery.
Nick Bilton contributed reporting from Santa Monica, Calif.


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Facebook Bans Deepfakes in Fight Against Online Manipulation
Facebook says it is banning "deepfake" videos, the false but realistic clips created with artificial intelligence and sophisticated tools, as it steps up efforts to fight online manipulation.The social network said late Monday that it's beefing up its policies to remove videos edited or synthesized in ways that aren't apparent to the average person, and which could dupe someone into thinking the video's subject said something he or she didn't actually say.Created by artificial intelligence or machine learning, deepfakes combine or replace content to create images that can be almost impossible to tell are not authentic."While these videos are still rare on the internet, they present a significant challenge for our industry and society as their use increases," Facebook's vice president of global policy management, Monika Bickert, said in a blog post.However, she said the new rules won't include parody or satire, or clips edited just to change the order of words. The exceptions underscore the balancing act Facebook and other social media services face in their struggle to stop the spread of online misinformation and "fake news" while also respecting free speech and fending off allegations of censorship.The U.S. tech company has been grappling with how to handle the rise of deepfakes after facing criticism last year for refusing to remove a doctored video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slurring her words, which was viewed more than 3 million times. Experts said the crudely edited clip was more of a "cheap fake" than a deepfake.Then, a pair of artists posted fake footage of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg showing him gloating over his one-man domination of the world. Facebook also left that clip online. The company said at the time that neither video violated its policies.The problem of altered videos is taking on increasing urgency as experts and lawmakers try to figure out how to prevent deepfakes from being used to interfere with U.S. presidential elections in November.Facebook said any videos that don't meet existing standards for removal can still be reviewed by independent third-party fact-checkers. Those deemed false will be flagged as such to anyone trying to share or view them, which Bickert said was a better approach than just taking them down."If we simply removed all manipulated videos flagged by fact-checkers as false, the videos would still be available elsewhere on the internet or social media ecosystem," Bickert said. "By leaving them up and labeling them as false, we're providing people with important information and context."
Sex Tech From Female-Led Startups at CES Gadget Show
Sex tech will grace the CES gadget show in Las Vegas this week after organizers endured scorn for revoking an innovation award to a sex device company led by a female founder.
CES will allow space for sex tech companies as a one-year trial. The companies will be grouped in the health and wellness section of the Sands Expo, an official, but secondary CES location, one geared toward startups.
Lora DiCarlo, a startup that pushed for changes after organizers revoked its award, will showcase its Ose robotic "personal massager." It's one of a dozen companies at the show focused on vibrators, lube dispensers and other sex tech products. Founders of these startups say their products are about empowerment and wellness for women, something they say has often been overlooked in tech.
The historically male-dominated tech trade show has received criticism in past years for having an all-male lineup of speakers and for previously allowing scantily clad "booth babes," fostering a "boys' club" reputation.
Besides allowing sex tech, CES organizers brought in an official "equality partner," The Female Quotient, to help ensure gender diversity. The Female Quotient, which trains companies in equality practices, will hold a conference for women during the show, which formally opens Tuesday and runs through Friday.
"It's been a process," said Gary Shapiro, the head of the Consumer Technology Association, which puts on CES.
It's been a longer process for many sex tech companies to convince investors that they are part of a growing trend that has enough customers. Much of the push has come from the startups' female founders and from younger consumers who talk more openly about sexuality.
Sex tech has existed in some form for decades. But the gates really began to open in 2016, said Andrea Barrica, founder of sex education site O.school. That year, several other "fem tech" companies made progress in areas such as menstruation and menopause. Those paved the way for sex tech to grow and get investors interested.
"Larger institutions are starting to take note, all the way from VC firms to large Fortune 100 companies," said Barrica, who recently published the book "Sextech Revolution: The Future of Sexual Wellness" Large institutions like CES had no choice but to look at sex tech, she said.
The journey hasn't been easy. Sex tech founders, many of them women, recount being turned down by dozens of investors. They faced decency arguments and entrenched corporate standards that equated them with porn.
But investors are becoming more receptive, said Cindy Gallop, a former advertising executive turned sex tech entrepreneur and founder of the website MakeLoveNotPorn.
"It's entirely because of our refusal to allow the business world to put us down," she said.
Founders insist that their devices _ ranging from vibrators to lube dispensers to accessories _ have effects outside the bedroom.
"Sexual health and wellness is health and wellness," said Lora DiCarlo, CEO and founder of the company of the same name. "It does way more than just pleasure. It's immediately connected to stress relief, to better sleep to empowerment and confidence."
DiCarlo's Ose $290 device has gotten $3 million worth of advance sales, bolstered in part by the attention it received after CES organizers overturned a decision by an independent panel of judges to give the vibrator a prestigious Innovation Honoree Award in the robotics and drone category. The organizers, CTA, told the company it reserved the right to rescind awards for devices deemed "immoral, obscene, indecent, profane or not in keeping with CTA's image."
DiCarlo and other female founders pushed back for banning them but allowing humanoid sex robots meant to serve men the previous year.
Following criticism, CES organizers ultimately reinstated the award and apologized. A few months later, the show announced policy changes such as a dress code to prevent skimpy outfits and new "Innovation for All" sessions with senior diversity officials.
Ose began shipping to customers this month. DiCarlo said the company is planning to new devices, including less expensive options.
Sex tech companies still face major barriers to growth.
Polly Rodriguez, CEO of sexual wellness company Unbound, said the company is profitable and customers are more open about buying products than they once were. But she said she still faces roadblocks advertising on social media, and many traditional investors snub the company.
"Things are better, but there's just still this genuine fear of female sexuality more broadly within the institutional side of technology," she said.
And while Gallop offered to speak at CES, conference organizers declined, saying sex tech was not a part of its conference programming.
Co-creator Defends Suspected UAE Spying App Called ToTok
The co-creator of a video and voice calling app suspected of being a spying tool of the United Arab Emirates defended his work in an interview with The Associated Press and denied knowing that people and companies linked to the project had ties to the country's intelligence apparatus.Millions downloaded the ToTok app during the several months it was offered in the Apple and Google stores. Co-founder Giacomo Ziani described the popularity as a sign of users' trust despite a longtime ban in the UAE on such apps.He denied that the company collected conversation data, saying the software demanded the same access to devices as other common communication apps. Emirati authorities insisted that they "prohibit any kind of data breach and unlawful interception."But this federation of seven sheikhdoms ruled by hereditary leaders already conducts mass surveillance and has been internationally criticized for targeting activists, journalists and others. Ziani repeatedly said he knew nothing about that, nor had any knowledge that a firm invested in ToTok included staff with ties to an Emirati security firm scrutinized abroad for hiring former CIA and National Security Agency staffers. He also said he did not know about ties a computer researcher says link companies involved with ToTok to Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Emirates' national security adviser."I was not aware, and I'm even not aware now of who was who, who was doing what in the past," Ziani said. "These are not questions you should be (asking) me. You should be eventually asking" them.IIn this Dec. 31, 2019 photo, the Abu Dhabi Global Market, an economic free zone, is seen in Abu Dhabi, UAE.ToTok surged to popularity by allowing users to make internet calls long banned in the UAE, a U.S.-allied nation on the Arabian Peninsula that is home to Dubai. The ban means Apple iPhones and computers sold in the UAE do not carry Apple's FaceTime calling app. Calls on Skype, WhatsApp and other similar programs do not work.Ziani said ToTok won rapid approval from the UAE's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, something long sought by the established competitors that remain banned. The 32-year-old native of Venice, Italy, attributed that to the monopoly on the telecommunications market held by two companies, Du and Etisalat, that are majority-owned by the government. ToTok's small market share would not cut as deeply into their business as major firms if allowed access, he said."They will see their business like totally crashed from a day to another," Ziani said. With ToTok, "they felt like they were not risking to fall into this situation."By installing the app, users agreed to allow access to their mobile device's microphone, pictures, location information and other data invaluable to intelligence agencies. Most internet firms are based in the U.S., but privacy is viewed far differently in the Emirates, where ToTok's headquarters are in the capital, Abu Dhabi."By using this app, you're allowing your life to be opened up to the whims of national security as seen by the UAE government," said Bill Marczak, a computer science researcher at the University of California, Berkley, who has studied ToTok and other suspected Emirati spying operations. "In this case, you're essentially having people install the spyware themselves as opposed to hacking into the phone."In this nation of 9.4 million people where all but a sliver of the population comes from another country, the app represented what appeared to be the first government-blessed app that would allow them to connect freely to loved ones back home. That drew everyone from laborers to diplomatic staffers to download it amid a publicity campaign by state-linked and government-supporting media in the Emirates.An American diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss security matters, said local embassy and consular staff received orders to remove the app from all U.S. government devices. That was only after The New York Times, citing anonymous U.S. officials, described the app as a "spying tool" of the Emirati government.Ziani alleged, without providing evidence, that criticism of ToTok came more from professional jealousy and trade tensions between the U.S. and China than security concerns. ToTok partly used code from a previously developed Chinese app called Yeecall, where his co-founder, Long Ruan, once worked in a senior position, he said. Ziani said he met Long through G42, which he described as a business "incubator."But ToTok described itself on Apple as coming from developer Breej Holding Ltd. and on Google as being from ToTok Pte., a Singapore-based firm.Both ToTok and Breej Holding Ltd. had been registered in a publicly accessible online database of companies operating out of the Abu Dhabi Global Market, an economic free zone set up in the Emirati capital. After suspicions emerged about ToTok, records of the two firms no longer appeared online.Following an inquiry about the firms from an AP journalist, their information reappeared Tuesday night in the database. Market spokeswoman Joan Lew blamed a "data migration" problem for their disappearance.In this Feb. 6, 2019 photo, released by Emirates News Agency, Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan, left, walks to a meeting in Abu Dhabi, UAE.Information from that database shows ToTok's sole registered shareholder as Group 42, a new Abu Dhabi firm that describes itself as an artificial intelligence and cloud-computing company. The company, also known as G42, in an email to the AP also described itself as "the registered shareholder in ToTok Technology Ltd.," though Ziani said ToTok has another substantial investor he declined to identify.G42's CEO is Peng Xiao, who for years ran Pegasus, a subsidiary of DarkMatter, the Emirati security firm under scrutiny for hiring former CIA and NSA staffers, as well as others from Israel. G42's website also lists PAX AI as a subsidiary, the new name Pegasus operates under, according to job postings for PAX AI that mention Pegasus. Ziani similarly interchangeably referred to Pegasus as PAX AI while speaking to the AP."G42 has no connection to DarkMatter, whatsoever," the company told AP in a statement. It did not respond to further queries, though other former DarkMatter and Pegasus employees now work at G42, according to publicly accessible profiles on the social media website LinkedIn.G42's sole director listed in Abu Dhabi Global Market filings is Hamad Khalfan al-Shamsi, whom Marczak identified as the public relations manager of the office of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Sheikh Tahnoun is a brother to Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the powerful crown prince of Abu Dhabi who has run the country from day-to-day since its president, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, suffered a stroke in January 2014.Sheikh Tahnoun, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner always photographed in sunglasses, has served as the UAE's national security adviser since 2016. The sheikh's adopted son, the mixed martial artist Hassan al-Rumaithi, is the sole director of Breej Holding Ltd., Marczak said, citing market filings. Similarly, an executive at Sheikh Tahnoun's company Royal Group, Osama al-Ahdali, is the sole director of ToTok Technology Ltd., Marczak said.Royal Group did not respond to a request for comment, nor did Emirati officials, Apple and Google.ToTok on its website meanwhile still lists itself as Totok Pte. Ltd., the Singapore-based company initially listed on the Google app store. Singaporean business records obtained by the AP show a single shareholder, Manoj Paul, with a listed address at one of Abu Dhabi's upscale Etihad Towers. Paul, who describes himself on LinkedIn as G42's general counsel and head of group operations, declined to speak with an AP journalist.For now, Ziani said his focus remains on getting ToTok listed again in the Apple and Google app stores. He mentioned plans to have ToTok become like China's all-encompassing app WeChat, handling payments, social media posts and other high-frequency activities. G42 appears to already have filed paperwork for a possible payment company in Abu Dhabi.That could create an Emirati version of WeChat, a service used by more than 1 billion people use in which Chinese government officials routinely censor posts. Dissidents suspect it of allowing surveillance.Ziani insisted a former NSA hacker named Patrick Wardle, who analyzed ToTok, said the app "simply does what it claims to do."However, Ziani ignored the next sentence in Wardle's analysis, which described "the genius of the whole mass surveillance operation" the app could represent by offering "in-depth insight in a large percentage of the country's population."
App Tackles Illiteracy in Mali, Boosts Local Business
The surge in Africa innovation is expected in 2020 with all sorts of solutions to the continent's problems. One example is an innovation created by a Malian in 2019. It's a voice-controlled app that entrepreneurs are using to market their goods and services to customers who can't read. VOA correspondent Mariama Diallo reports
Smart Robots Are Being Built to Mine the Moon
A California startup called OFFWORLD has ambitious plans that are out of this world. They are working on developing autonomous robots that would be able to mine the Moon and Mars. Alexey Gorbachev has the story narrated by Anna Rice.
India Targets New Moon Mission in 2020
India plans to make a fresh attempt to land an unmanned mission on the moon in 2020 after a failed bid last year, the head of the country's space program said Wednesday.Work is going "smoothly" on the Chandrayaan-3 mission to put a rover probe on the moon's surface, Indian Space Research Organization chairman K. Sivan told a press conference."We are targeting the launch for this year but it may spillover to next year," Sivan said. Indian sources said authorities had set November as a provisional target for launch.India seeking to become only the fourth nation after Russia, the United States and China to put a mission on the moon's surface and boost its credentials as a low-cost space power.The country's Chandrayaan-2 module crash-landed on the moon's surface in September.Sivan said the new propulsion module, lander and surface rover would cost about $35 million, with a significantly higher outlay for the launch itself.He added that India had chosen four candidate astronauts to take part in the country's first manned mission into orbit, pledged to take place by mid-2022.The four are to start training in Russia later this month. Up to three astronauts are to take part in the mission, which will be one of the landmark projects scheduled for the 75th anniversary of India's independence from British rule.
The Future of Protest? Catalans Outwit Spanish Authorities With Phone App
A pro-independence group in Spain's Catalonia region is using a smartphone app to outwit authorities, as it steps up demonstrations following the jailing of several of the movement's leaders.
The group Democratic Tsunami released the app to coordinate demonstrations across the region.The latest target was the world-famous El Clasico soccer match between Barcelona and Real Madrid on Dec. 18. There were violent clashes outside the stadium, and protesters disrupted the game by throwing balls bearing pro-independence slogans onto the field.Democratic Tsunami has no apparent leader and those behind it are anonymous. In recent weeks, the group has mobilized thousands of demonstrators in minutes, catching authorities by surprise.WATCH: Henry Ridgwell's video report
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Embed" />Copy Link"It is decentralized in the sense that you can't identify who is sending the notifications for the protests," said professor Enric Lujan, a political scientist at the University of Barcelona."They developed it that way. The app has that architecture in order to avoid the authorities from knowing who is behind Tsunami Democratic, which is the main obsession, for example, of the Spanish Interior Ministry."
Lujan said the Democratic Tsunami app takes special steps to remain anonymous.
"You cannot download it from the usual channels such as the Google Play Store or the iPhone App store. You have to look for a link and then download the app directly," he said.
Even after the app has been downloaded, it still needs to be activated by another approved user, explained software engineer Silvia Puglisi of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia.
"You just go to a protest, and you exchange a QR code. The QR code is a cryptographic key, and once the keys are exchanged, you are part of the system."
Democratic Tsunami has grown rapidly in the space of a few months, staging protests that have paralyzed Barcelona's airport and the main highway to the French border. Spain's National Court has ordered the Democratic Tsunami website to be shut down, citing possible terrorism offenses. Madrid jailed nine Catalan independence leaders in October on charges of sedition.
The political party Pirates of Catalonia has taken the fight to the European Union's Court of Justice, claiming the terrorism investigation is an abuse of basic human rights.
Experts say that if the coding is made available, the app could be used by other protest movements, like pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong.
"The idea is to just exchange a key. You don't exchange any other information, and it's totally decentralized. There is no central service, and you just communicate with your friends on a peer-to-peer basis," Puglisi said.
There are concerns that with no oversight from a regulated app store, the Democratic Tsunami app could break strict European rules on storing and sharing data, such as the tracking of its users' movements.
Supporters say it's a vital tool in the face of what they claim is an attempt to stifle basic freedoms.
Staying in to Rock Out: Virtual Reality Concerts Bring the Show to You
What would it be like to attend a concert with thousands of other people without leaving your home? Matt Dibble dons a VR headset to find out
Uber, Postmates Sue to Challenge California's New Labor Law
Ride-share company Uber and on-demand meal delivery service Postmates sued Monday to block a broad new California law aimed at giving wage and benefit protections to people who work as independent contractors.The lawsuit filed in U.S. court in Los Angeles argues that the law set to take effect Wednesday violates federal and state constitutional guarantees of equal protection and due process.Uber said it will try to link the lawsuit to another legal challenge filed in mid-December by associations representing freelance writers and photographers.The California Trucking Association filed the first challenge to the law in November on behalf of independent truckers.The law creates the nation's strictest test by which workers must be considered employees and it could set a precedent for other states.The latest challenge includes two independent workers who wrote about their concerns with the new law."This has thrown my life and the lives of more than a hundred(equals)thousand drivers into uncertainty," ride-share driver Lydia Olson's wrote in a Facebook post cited by Uber.Postmates driver Miguel Perez called on-demand work "a blessing" in a letter distributed by Uber. He said he used to drive a truck for 14 hours at a time, often overnight."Sometimes, when I was behind the wheel, with an endless shift stretching out ahead of me like the open road, I daydreamed about a different kind of job — a job where I could choose when, where and how much I worked and still make enough money to feed my family," he wrote.The lawsuit contends that the law exempts some industries but includes ride-share and delivery companies without a rational basis for distinguishing between them. It alleges that the law also infringes on workers' rights to choose how they make a living and could void their existing contracts.Democratic Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez of San Diego countered that she wrote the law to extend employee rights to more than a million California workers who lack benefits, including a minimum wage, mileage reimbursements, paid sick leave, medical coverage and disability pay for on-the-job injuries.She noted that Uber had previously sought an exemption when lawmakers were crafting the law, then said it would defend its existing labor model from legal challenges. It joined Lyft and DoorDash in a vow to each spend $30 million to overturn the law at the ballot box in 2020 if they don't win concessions from lawmakers next year."The one clear thing we know about Uber is they will do anything to try to exempt themselves from state regulations that make us all safer and their driver employees self-sufficient," Gonzalez said in a statement. "In the meantime, Uber chief executives will continue to become billionaires while too many of their drivers are forced to sleep in their cars.''The new law was a response to a legal ruling last year by the California Supreme Court regarding workers at the delivery company Dynamex.


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Liam Klein enters his begins his sixth season as a member of the Kennesaw State coaching staff in 2020. Prior to his time at KSU, the Owls' recruiting coordinator and defensive line coach spent 11 seasons at Georgia Tech, including his final seven as director of player personnel. Klein has been an instrumental part of the defense at Kennesaw State since his arrival, helping the Owls rank in the top five in the nation in total defense each of the last two seasons, while leading the Big South Conference for three straight years. Kennesaw State's defensive front has flourished in the five seasons under Klein, including leading the Big South in rush defense each of the last four seasons, and ranking No. 5 in the country in 2019, allowing just 88.9 yards per game on the ground to establish a new program record.
Categories covered by Liam
Defensive Line Play and Movement


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Q: How can I duplicate all variables, objects, etc. referenced within a function via a function pointer in c++ So I am wondering how I would go about duplicating all referenced objects/variables within the scope of a function/method from a function pointer.
A little bit more background on the issue -> I am passing a function pointer to a C++ method from VBA using the AddressOf method. The idea is to duplicate the underlying variables/objects within that VBA method so that the function can be ran on multiple threads. At the moment if I try and directly callback the function from my c++ function on more than 1 thread it instantly crashes, and I know this is because VBA runs in an STA. My though process is that if I can almost duplicate the objects that are necessary for the function, I can then avoid the issue of referencing an object at the same time (I can have more control in ensuring my code is thread safe). Another alternative I thought of would be to marshal all of the underlying objects through COM, but I have also been unsuccessful in doing this :( I think this would cause more issues anyway as VBA is technically meant to be ran on a single thread.
Any ideas/recommendations would be greatly apreciated, I have been trying to crack this code for a matter of weeks now and am reaching a bit of a brick wall.
Edit - Here is the code to get the function pointer from VBA
typedef int (WINAPI *callbackFunc_t)(int, BSTR);

callbackFunc_t callbackFunc;

__declspec(dllexport) void __stdcall setCallbackFunction(callbackFunc_t callbackFunc_)
{
     callbackFunc = callbackFunc_;
}


Sally R. Ellingson, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Biomedical Informatics division in the College of Medicine at the University of Kentucky (UK). She manages the high-performance computing (HPC) services for the cancer center through the Cancer Research Informatics Shared Resource Facility. Her specialty is the utilization of HPC in computational biology with experience working on some of the largest supercomputers in the world at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Dr. Ellingson is a computational scientist with a formal multi-disciplinary training through a computational biology IGERT at the University of Tennessee (UT), Scalable Computing and Leading Edge Innovative Technology (SCALE-IT). She is very active in the HPC community and is involved with the organization of Supercomputing, the leading conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis.
Dr. Ellingson is currently also a KL2 scholar through the UK Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences, funded by a Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) from the National Center for Advancing Translational Science at the National Institutes of Health. Her research interest include next-generation sequencing, benchmark datasets that allow for computational tool testing and building, computational drug development, and any science that can be advanced through HPC.


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`vulnix` [`OPTIONS`] _--system_

`vulnix` [`OPTIONS`] _PATH_ _..._

## DESCRIPTION

`vulnix` searches Nix derivations together with its transitive closure for
vulnerable software versions as published in the NIST NVD. Affected
derivations are reported together with matching CVE identifiers.

The last argument specifies where to start the search and can be either:

* A derivation (e.g., _/nix/store/0123456789-program-1.0.drv_).
* An output file in the Nix store for which a deriver is known.
* A link into the Nix store (e.g. _result_).

Prior to scanning, parts of the NIST NVD database are fetched and parsed.  This
database copy is cached between `vulnix` invocations and checked in regular
intervals.

`vulnix` uses whitelists to mask certain combinations of packages and CVEs that
should not be reported.

## OPTIONS

* `-S`, `--system`:
  Scans the current system defined as transitive closure of
  _/run/current-system_.

* `-G`, `--gc-roots`:
  Scans all active garbage collection roots. This option is of limited use since
  the scan will include all old system generations.

* `-p`, `--profile`=<PATH>:
  Scan a nix profile (eg: /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/$USER/profile,
  ~/.nix-profile).  These are typically created with `nix-env -i` or
  `nix profile install` (but not `nix build --profile`, which creates normal
  store paths that don't need this special handling).

* `-f`, `--from-file`=<FILE>:
  Scans derivations read from a file. Expects one derivation path
  like _/nix/store/*.drv_ per line.  Useful together with `-R`/`--no-requisites`,
  which means that exactly the specified derivations will be scanned.

* `-w`, `--whitelist`=<FILE> | <URL>:
  Loads a whitelist from the specified local path or URL. See
  vulnix-whitelist(5) for an explanation of the whitelist syntax. It is not an
  error if the path/URL does not exist. This option can be given multiple times.

* `-W`, `--write-whitelist`=<FILE>:
  Writes a new copy of the whitelist which contains all reported vulnerable
  package versions in addition to existing whitelist entries (those loaded
  with `-w`). This option can be used to evolve whitelists so that every
  vulnerable version gets reported only once. Note that expired whitelist
  entries (e.g., those where the date set with the `until` option has passed)
  will not be written into the new whitelist.

* `-r`, `--requisites` / `-R`, `--no-requisites`:
  Determines if the transitive closure of the specified paths should be
  computed and scanned or only the given pathnames. Defaults to `--requisites`.

* `-c`, `--cache-dir`=<DIRECTORY>:
  Puts cached NVD entries into <DIRECTORY>. The directory will be created if it
  does not exist. Defaults to _~/.cache/vulnix_.

* `-m`, `--mirror`=<URL>:
  Fetches NIST NVD updates from <URL>. Defaults to
  _https://nvd.nist.gov/feeds/json/cve/1.1/_.

* `-j`, `--json`:
  Outputs affected package versions as JSON document. See [JSON output] below.

* `-s`, `--show-whitelisted`:
  Shows whitelisted results in addition to regular (non-whitelisted)
  results.

* `-v`, `--verbose`:
  Prints additional pieces of information on _stderr_. This includes NVD
  updates, derivation paths and clickable links to CVE advisories. May be given
  twice for an extra level of debugging information.

* `-V`, `--version`:
  Prints program version and exits.

* `--help`:
  Prints options summary and exits.

## EXIT STATUS

Exit status are compatible with the [Nagios plugin development
guidelines](https://nagios-plugins.org/doc/guidelines.html) which means that it
can be directly used in the majority of monitoring systems.

`vulnix` exits 0 if no vulnerabilities are found. If all of the
shown vulnerabilities are whitelisted, it exits 1. Otherwise, found
vulnerabilities lead to exit status 2. Exit status 3 indicates an error
condition.

Note that exit status 1 may never occur if the `--show-whitelisted` option is
not given.

## ENVIRONMENT

The following environment variables affect `vulnix`:

* HOME:
  Determines the default cache directory.

* PATH:
  Used to invoke up low-level Nix utilities like `nix-store`.

## FILES ##

`vulnix` maintains a cache dir located at _~/.cache/vulnix_ by default.

The Nix store is assumed to be under _/nix/store_. This pathname is hardcoded.

## NOTES

### Patch detection

`vulnix` tries to detect patches for specific CVEs. These are automatically
excluded from reports.

The `patches` field of each derivation is scanned for names containing CVE
identifiers. If a single patch fixes multiple vulnerabilities, all relevant CVE
identifiers should be given in the patch name, separated by arbitrary
non-numerical characters. See [EXAMPLES] below.

### JSON output

When invoked with `--json`, a JSON document consisting of a list of dicts is
written to stdout. Each list item is an affected derivation and contains the
following keys:

- _name_ - package name and version
- _pname_ - package name without version
- _version_ - version only
- _affected_by_ - list of applicable CVE identifiers
- _whitelisted_ - list of CVE identifiers which are masked by whitelist entries
- _derivation_ - pathname of the scanned derivation file
- _cvssv3_basescore_ - dict of CVSS v3 impact base scores for each CVE found

## BUGS

Invoking `vulnix` with an empty cache directory can take quite a while since it
needs to download and process NIST NVD archives of the last 5 years. Once
initialized, only changed entries are fetched.

The cache directory grows slowly but steadily as there new CVE advisories added
on an ongoing basis.

## COMPATIBILITY

`vulnix` is known to parse derivation files created by `Nix` versions up
to 2.3.

## EXAMPLES

Is my NixOS system vulnerable?

```
vulnix --system
```

Scan the output of nix-build(1) for dependencies with security advisories:

```
nix-build ... -o result
vulnix result
```

Report advisories for a derivation and its transitive closure as structured
JSON document:

```
vulnix -j /nix/store/cm0lrdrf6crb5v38iyygfsbzvivpmh6w-python3-3.6.4.drv
```

Report all advisories affecting the NixOS base install with whitelisting of
formerly known vulnerabilities and creation of an updated whitelist (a.k.a.
vulnerability roundup):

```
nix-build -I nixpkgs=. nixos/release-combined.nix
vulnix -j \
  -w https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ckauhaus/nixos-vulnerability-roundup/master/whitelists/master.toml \
  -W whitelist-master-new.toml \
  result
```

An excerpt from a derivation source which applies a patch against CVE-2018-9055.
Note the **name** attribute which contains an CVE identifier:

```
patches = [
  (fetchpatch {
    name = "CVE-2018-9055.patch";
    url = http://paste.opensuse.org/view/raw/330751ce;
    sha256 = "0m798m6c4v9yyhql7x684j5kppcm6884n1rrb9ljz8p9aqq2jqnm";
  })
];
```

If the patch fixes two vulnerabilities, it could be named
_CVE-2018-9055+CVE-2018-9600.patch_, for example.

## SEE ALSO

vulnix-whitelist(5), nix-store(1), nix-build(1),
[NIST NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov),
[Nix](https://nixos.org/nix/)


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Q: ASP.NET Core - User Secrets per Git Branch Is it possible to have different sets of user-secrets per git branch?
So that when switching from feature-branch-1 to feature-branch-2 you would pick up different sets of configuration? (ConnectionStrings, etc)
It seems like a fairly common use case, but I can't find anything branch related in the docs


Sophomore quarterback Kyle Vantrease throws a pass over the middle. The sophomore is the only quarterback on UB's roster to start a game for Buffalo.
The Bulls hosted their spring football game on Friday to give fans a taste of what's in store for next season. Buffalo was without a number of players due to injury or transferring out of the program, and the Bulls were lacking the star power and big plays they were known for last season.
The Bulls were without running back Kevin Marks, cornerback Aapri Washington and quarterback Matt Myers for the scrimmage, plus others.
Marks and Jaret Patterson will compete for the starting role next season but the group expects to be dominated by committee instead of having a true number one.
Still, Theo Anderson was the number-one running back for the night.
Running back is the one positional group that isn't depleted after last season. Buffalo returns both Patterson and Marks, who were the top-two rushers on the team.
Buffalo lost Anthony Johnson, Chuck Harris, Khalil Hodge, Cameron Lewis, James O'Hagan, Tatum Slack and Brandon Williams all to graduation.
UB football alum Chuck Harris, Cameron Lewis, Anthony Johnson and Tyree Jackson sit on the sidelines during the annual spring game.
Tyler Mabry, K.J. Osborn and Charlie Jones all chose to transfer out of UB.
With all these losses, the Bulls are without their top-five receivers from last season.
Buffalo is still without its starting quarterback for next season with Jackson opting for the NFL draft. Current prospects include Kyle Vantrease, Dominic Johnson, Myers and Trevor Bycznski, an incoming recruit.
Only Vantrese and Johnson played in the spring game, with Myers sidelined with an injury.
Vantrese completed 10 of 22 passes for 96 yards and Johnson completed 4 of 7 for 37 yards and a touchdown.
Vantrese is the only quarterback with real game experience. He started one game in 2017 when Jackson was injured. He attempted 9 passes, completing 4 for 20 yards this past season.
Vantrese said he has to improve in lining his teammates up, strengthening his command in the huddle and creating confidence in his teammates. He said his biggest areas of improvement have been his leadership, progressions, footwork, arm speed and accuracy.
Dominic Johnson said he is not worried about his spring performance. He said most development comes during the summer.
"It's not necessarily the guy who is playing the best in the spring but the guy who's really performing in the fall and in the season," Dominic Johnson said.
Jackson, Anthony Johnson, Lewis and Harris all made appearances at the game. All were in Buffalo for workouts with the Bills as they attempt to take the next step in their careers.
Former NFL running back Branden Oliver also attended.
The Bulls' spring schedule ended and the team will not practice again until the summer. Buffalo will still have plenty of decisions to make and players to develop before its first game of the 2019 season on August 29 against Robert Morris.


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A Ghostly Archeologist's Guide
I was told this story by a friend who said that he remembers hearing of a torso of a Roman Ghost that haunted a medieval English ruin. This vaporous torso wandered the medieval ruins seeming very out of place and appearing to so many visitors that some of them began to ask questions. One visitor was a historian and archaeologist and they decided to do some digging, literally. The ghost lead them to an enormous number of Roman ruins that were buried beneath the medieval ruins. If it weren't for the ghost, the Roman ruins would have been forever hidden.
I tried to research this story to find its location and its origins and I found that there are so many stories like this I couldn't sort one from another. One such story was told by a plumber in York. In 1953, the plumber was working beneath the Treasurers house when he heard a horn blowing from beneath the ground. Shocked, the plumber stopped his work and looked around anxiously. Suddenly, a Roman soldier emerged from the brick wall and walked right past him. The plumber fell from his ladder in terror. The Roman soldier was followed by other soldiers on horseback and several large carts and chariots. When the plumber emerged, a man told him that they had been excavating a Roman Road beneath the house and that many people had seen the phantom soldiers. These old Roman ghosts are some of the most famous and difficult to see ghosts in the UK and linger behind leaving a permanent paranormal footprint for historians to trace.
There are many other stories of Roman ghosts popping up at strange historical locations and helping historians across the UK and Europe. So many, that I have never been able to find the origins of my friends mysterious torso story. I'll keep looking, however, and hopefully I'll find it one day.
that's a good one! my daughter studies the classics-specifically rome--have to tell her about this one.
laughingwolf said…
pretty neat, jessica :)
methinks you meant plumber, though?
Love this story! :-)
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Who do anda think was Michelle's true love?
Do anda all think Michelle Rodriguez is Hot?
pilihan peminat: Yes, She is totally hot!!
On a scale of 1 to 10, how would anda rate Michelle Rodriguez as an actress?
What quality do anda most like about Michelle Rodriguez?
MRod will be "an ace assassin who is double-crossed sejak gangsters and falls into the hands of rogue surgeon known as "The Doctor," who turns him into a woman." artikel sejak Borys Kit for The Hollywood reporter, 28 OCT 2015.
Michelle has joined Donald Sutherland as one of the stars of the upcoming film adaptation of Milton's Secret, based on the children's novel sejak Eckhart Tolle and Robert Friedman. artikel sejak Etan Vlessing for The Hollywood Reporter, 8 OCT 2015.


There's no denying it. Americans like to snack. Reportedly, 94 percent snack daily.
"Between 1950 and 2000, the United States became a nation of snackers. Manufacturers introduced a host of packaged snacks that catered to basic cravings for sugar, salt, and fat. By the 1980s, people were consuming snacks everywhere—at home, work, and school, and while in the car or walking down the sidewalk," according to one source.
Recent numbers show that most Americans are reaching for snacks that are not the healthiest. For example, total salty snack sales in the U.S. were estimated to be around 27 billion dollars in 2017. And American salty snack market sales are predicted to be 29 billion dollars in 2022.
Packaged salty snacks, like potato chips and Cheez-It Crackers, are nutrient-void, processed and contain way more sodium than most people need. Although these foods are delicious, they are addicting and contribute to health issues such as hypertension. The packaging on these snacks can also be very misleading, as they may read "baked, not fried" or in some cases "low-fat." And of course, consuming sugary snacks, like cookies, contributes to America's obesity problem.
Some signs of this 'snacking gene' are hunger even when you've had three meals a day and craving for a snack every night. According to the report on my results, genetic factors could contribute to about 20 to 30 percent of this trait.
But environmental factors may outweigh the genetic influences responsible for my snacking tendencies. For example, if I don't drink enough water (dehydration may make me feel hungry) or have a lazy day in front of the television, I may be more inclined to snack without limits. The good thing is there is a lot we can do to control the environmental factors relating to snacking.
It is up to us to choose the right snack.
If we snack on nutrient-dense foods, like carrots and hummus or fruit, which contain fiber, protein and essential vitamins and minerals, we may not have to feel bad about snacking (in moderation) because we are fueling our bodies with much needed nutrients. I use my snacking gene to my advantage by making sure most of my snacks are healthy and not just satisfying a craving for something salty or sweet. But I do still satisfy these cravings. For example, I may reach for a fruit smoothie, frozen grapes or lemon flavored water instead of a soda or cookies.
Another bonus is that if we eat nutrient-dense snacks, they will likely keep us more full and satisfied than a bowl of an empty calorie snack, like potato chips.
Then there are those who also may have a specific type of snacking gene.
There is evidence of this in children.
"The choices that children make when it comes to snacking could have a strong genetic foundation," according to one report discussing a study that examined genes of taste receptors in preschool-aged children.
Children with a sweet tooth had the gene related to sweet taste preference (these kids ate snacks in which most of the calories came from sugar. Another finding was that these kids ate most of these sugary snacks in the evening).
There were also children with a genetic variant related to an aversion to bitter-tasting vegetables. For example, these children did not enjoy the taste of green leafy vegetables, which tend to have a more bitter taste. "They might be replacing those healthy veggies with unhealthy snacks," said the lead study investigator. "This is why they may be consuming more energy-dense snacks because they are avoiding the healthy ones." So it looks like these kids were ultra-sensitive to bitter taste and associated this taste with healthy veggies. This may explain why they would reach for foods on the opposite end of the spectrum, which, unfortunately, were unhealthy foods.
"Kids are eating a lot more snacks now than they used to, and we think looking at how genetics can be related to snacking behavior is important to understanding increased obesity among kids," said one of the leads of the study.
But there is good news. Depending on the snacking gene your child may have, you can tailor their snacks to accommodate this gene. For example, with the sweet gene you can give your child foods like sweet potatoes, strawberries, honeydew, apricots and pomegranate. For those with the fat sensitivity, go for snacks like avocado on whole grain bread or nuts. And for those with the bitter gene, you can give them snacks with healthy fats (as previously listed) so that they are not reaching for unhealthy fats, like saturated fats, and prepare vegetables in a way that make them less bitter. For example, you can blanch greens to remove some of the bitter taste and pair them them with homemade dressings that contain a little bit of honey. Adding greens to fruit smoothies is another great way to mask vegetables that are more on the bitter side. Your kids won't even know the greens are in the smoothie!
Check out some kid-friendly, plant-based snacks here and how to implement them in your household. And as we have previously discussed, herbs and spices may also be a secret weapon to get kids to eat more veggies.
So the next time you have a snack attack, just snack wisely. Your waistline, mood and overall health will thank you.


President Donald Trump said that he could issue an executive order to put an end to the practice of conferring citizenship on the children of illegals.
The meaning of the 14th Amendment has popped up again, this time with President Donald Trump saying that he could issue an executive order to put an end to the practice of conferring defacto citizenship on the children of illegals who give birth inside our borders.
First of all, the left always says we need to act more like Europe. But, no nation in Europe confers birthright citizenship. So, the left fails once again by its own criteria.
Still, despite common practice, the amendment that many liberals think gives out citizenship willy nilly was never meant to do so.
To understand the dilemma we are faced with in our current situation, we must consider today's citizenship question as measured against the original intent of the framers of the 14th Amendment in 1866.
It is true that the originators of the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment did not mean for citizenship to be bestowed upon the children of illegal aliens. We have but to read the words (though words not included in the actual amendment) of the man who proposed that part of the amendment, Senator Jacob Howard, a Republican from Michigan.
Senator Howard also went on to clarify that he meant the "jurisdiction" wording of the amendment to confer a legal status on one who's allegiance to the USA could somehow be assured. This would seem to disqualify anyone born of parents who come from another country and who have not become naturalized citizens of this country.
It is also true that the courts upheld this interpretation of "jurisdiction" in several cases. For instance, in 1884, in the case Elk v. Wilkins 112 U.S. 94 (1884), the word was defined as meaning "direct and immediate allegiance" to the United States and not just the geographic location of the person in question. This would seem to apply to the children born here of people who are illegal and would, presumably, still hold allegiance to the country from which they originally came. It is assumed, of course, that said parents would teach their child to revere the parent's homeland and not the land of birth of the child.
But here is the catch. The reason the politicians of the late 1860s so carefully parsed the word "jurisdiction" was so that American Indians could not claim instant citizenship upon the passing of the amendment. That is right. The creators of the amendment meant to exclude Indians, many of who were at war – or soon would be, with the US government.
We also must remember that the Constitution is our guide, not common practice, or wanted policies.
Thomas Jefferson best sums up this concept in a letter he wrote to Supreme Court Justice William Johnson in June of 1823.
Even the English philosopher, David Hume, a man for whom most of the Founders had great respect and whose ideas were closely considered, voiced a similar sentiment. …in order to preserve stability in government, that the new brood (new generation) should conform themselves to the established constitution, and nearly follow the path which their fathers, treading in the footsteps of theirs, had marked out for them.
We should closely consider what the originators of the Constitution or any of its amendments meant to say before we, today, pass judgment on, or consider the implications of, our national law.
We also have the capacity to alter those amendments, granted.
To quote another founder to this effect: "But the constitution, which at any time exists till changed by an explicitly and authentic act of the whole people is sacredly obligatory upon all." George Washington, Father of our Country, said that one.
In other words, we can change the Constitution. God didn't hand it down from the mount, after all. But we should only attempt to make changes to the Constitution when no other remedy is possible. We should be very careful about how we approach that supremely important document.
There is one thing that is 100% sure, though. The 14th Amendment does not confer citizenship on illegals.


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Swing Kids
In 1939, Nazi Germany declares war on freedom and demands conformity from its youth. But a group calling themselves rebel with their swing music from America.
American Swing music in Nazi Germany!
In 1939, Nazi Germany declares war on freedom and demands conformity from its youth. But a group calling themselves Swing Kids rebel with their "swing music" from America. When two of them dare to stand up against the powerful forces around them - traditions will be broken and loyalties must be crossed!
Robert Sean Leonard (Dead Poets Society) and Christian Bale (Shaft, American Psycho) deliver gripping performances as two friends who must choose between their individual freedom or loyalty to the murderous Third Reich. Also featuring screen favorite Barbara Hershey (Beaches, Tin Men), Swing Kids is an inspirational and powerful story about friendship - and finding the courage to fight for what you believe in! Kenneth Branagh makes a particularly effective, wolf-in-sheep's-clothing Nazi official.
Music in World War Two...
The Essential Glenn Miller
Swinging on a V-Disc
Songs That Got Us Through WWII
I'll Be Seeing You:
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So let's dispel some of your concerns, shall we?
First, the concept of the Metabolic Effect stems from the idea of Excess Post-exercise Oxygen Consumption or EPOC. There is a ton of research on this and even more tons of blog posts on this concept. This is truly the Metabolic Effect.
Imagine your hotel doesn't have an operational elevator and you have to walk up a few flights of stairs to get to your room. During your walk your heart rate will go up a bit, but it's not until you actually reach the top that your heart and lungs will really "talk to you".
This is your body's way of playing catch up and, when used correctly, you can get the maximum fat burn and muscle building in the minimum amount of time!
While EPOC can be achieved that quickly, the workouts we do are 30 minutes in length, 5 minutes of warm up, 20 minutes of work, 5 minutes of cool down. They can happen basically anywhere you have a flat surface and can actually be much shorter. Most of the time on a retreat we will do them using nothing more than your bodyweight using a technique called vascular occlusion training. The idea being you are going to aid your body in reaching EPOC by occluding blood flow back to the heart by pulsing, squeezing, and holding certain muscles in their contracted state.
As for the "how do I do it" question, first of all you should realize that these workouts were designed to be done by my grandmother and professional athletes... at the same time! So there really should be no problem doing the workouts. You will hear me say, seemingly ad nauseam, "push until you can't, rest until you can". Reread that… and again… This sentence should tell you everything you need to know about the how question about the workouts. They are what we call RBIT or Rest Based Interval Training.
You may have heard of HIIT or High Intensity Interval Training, this is where a trainer sets a time and tells you to do some exercise "all out" for that amount of time usually 1 minute or so and then resting. While those types of workouts are effective, they aren't as effective as RBIT since you are not in control of HIIT and ultimately you will pace yourself to keep going. If I know beforehand I am going to need to do a thing for a minute I will mentally prepare myself for that amount of effort. Translation, I will pace myself. An example of this would be going to a treadmill and after a warm up step off the treadmill on the sides and set the speed on the maximum you've ever done, then (carefully) step on and see if you can go for a minute. Our bodies are built for maximum physical effort in short bursts and we use that to our advantage in ME. This means that we give you the ability to "step off the treadmill" as you see fit and we keep the workout flowing so that you will never be on the treadmill for more than 30 seconds to 1 minute.
As an added bonus, this prevents you from becoming bored too!
The acronym of Metabolic Effect is ME (surprise! :0) This means that these workouts are customized for you, by you, in the moment. These are your workouts!
Make no mistake, these workouts are intense, but again that is all relative to your fitness abilities and I am there coaching you through it all the way, giving you regressions (or default moves) and progressions all the way to allow for you to accommodate your body. Providing you with cues and little nuggets of workout wisdom as we go.
We typically schedule one of these workouts per day as a retreat's schedule will allow, but that doesn't mean that you need to (or should) do them all. I'd love to have you but just like in a workout, I want you to listen to your body first and me second. Depending on how much you did the day before you will need to check in with yourself and be honest. Is it your ego or your brain telling you that you have to go to all of the workouts? Is that soreness from a hike or DOMS or is it your body telling you to take it easy today and relax by the pool or take a cortisol lowering walk in nature (shinrin yoku)?
Giving these workouts a try will not only help you to become a fat burning machine instead of a fat storing machine in just 30 minutes, but will also begin to regulate your natural hormones like testosterone, adrenaline, noradrenaline, HGH, and cortisol along with mood enhancing dopamine and serotonin, bringing them all back into balance.
If you're not working you're resting. If you're not resting you're working (or laughing 😂)!
The yang to the yoga's yin, this workout hands down is one of the most effective workouts out there.


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Naucse should replace the / by -.
Courseware doesn't use course slugs at all, AFAICS.


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Cenupaste ist ein Schmierstoff auf Silikonbasis. Verwendet wurde es als Trenn- und Gleitmittel. Es war handelsüblich in 50-g-Tuben erhältlich.

Cenu ist das Kürzel des VEB Chemiewerks Nünchritz (Nuenchritz), siehe auch Cenusil, den Handelsnamen eines Silikon-Kleb- und Dichtstoffes. Im Februar 2008 wurde die Wortmarke Cenupaste (Aktenzeichen DE39722119) gelöscht.

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